India-flagged cargo ship adrift in North Pacific
December 21st, 2009 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Washington, Dec 21 (IANS) The US Coast Guard has mounted emergency efforts to rescue 28 crew members of an India-flagged 740-ft bulk cargo ship APJ Suryavir as it Monday drifted about 540 miles southwest of Alaska’s Adak Island.
A Coast Guard C-130 overflew the crippled cargo freighter as 20-30 ft waves and winds reaching as high as 50 mph tossed it about in the stormy North Pacific, officials said.
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